| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Microbial etiological agents of destructive periodontal diseases | Periodontology 2000 | 1994 | 1,359 |
| 2 | Periodontal microbial ecology | Periodontology 2000 | 2005 | 1,232 |
| 3 | The bacteria of periodontal diseases | Periodontology 2000 | 1994 | 908 |
| 4 | Dental biofilms: difficult therapeutic targets | Periodontology 2000 | 2002 | 902 |
| 5 | Inflammatory and immune pathways in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease | Periodontology 2000 | 2014 | 864 |
| 6 | Risk factors for periodontal disease | Periodontology 2000 | 2013 | 763 |
| 7 | Advances in the pathogenesis of periodontitis: summary of developments, clinical implications and future directions | Periodontology 2000 | 1997 | 758 |
| 8 | Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Tannerella forsythia: the 'red complex', a prototype polybacterial pathogenic consortium in periodontitis | Periodontology 2000 | 2005 | 758 |
| 9 | The pathogenesis of human periodontitis: an introduction | Periodontology 2000 | 1997 | 707 |
| 10 | The role of reactive oxygen and antioxidant species in periodontal tissue destruction | Periodontology 2000 | 2007 | 652 |
| 11 | The breadth of bacterial diversity in the human periodontal pocket and other oral sites | Periodontology 2000 | 2006 | 649 |
| 12 | Virulence factors of Porphyromonas gingivalis | Periodontology 2000 | 1999 | 582 |
| 13 | Bacterial interactions and successions during plaque development | Periodontology 2000 | 2006 | 581 |
| 14 | Periodontal diagnoses and classification of periodontal diseases | Periodontology 2000 | 2004 | 568 |
| 15 | Periodontitis: facts, fallacies and the future | Periodontology 2000 | 2017 | 568 |
| 16 | The global burden of periodontal disease: towards integration with chronic disease prevention and control | Periodontology 2000 | 2012 | 540 |
| 17 | The diagnosis and treatment of peri-implantitis | Periodontology 2000 | 1998 | 504 |
| 18 | The host response to the microbial challenge in periodontitis: assembling the players | Periodontology 2000 | 1997 | 502 |
| 19 | Chlorhexidine: is it still the gold standard? | Periodontology 2000 | 1997 | 499 |
| 20 | The microbial challenge in periodontitis | Periodontology 2000 | 1997 | 478 |
| 21 | Implant stability measurements using resonance frequency analysis: biological and biomechanical aspects and clinical implications | Periodontology 2000 | 2008 | 454 |
| 22 | Structure of periodontal tissues in health and disease* | Periodontology 2000 | 2006 | 429 |
| 23 | The periodontal ligament: a unique, multifunctional connective tissue | Periodontology 2000 | 1997 | 428 |
| 24 | Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis in human periodontal disease: occurrence and treatment | Periodontology 2000 | 1999 | 421 |
| 25 | Global risk factors and risk indicators for periodontal diseases | Periodontology 2000 | 2002 | 412 |
| 26 | Molecular aspects of the pathogenesis of periodontitis | Periodontology 2000 | 2015 | 404 |
| 27 | Diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease | Periodontology 2000 | 2007 | 383 |
| 28 | Modern implant dentistry based on osseointegration: 50 years of progress, current trends and open questions | Periodontology 2000 | 2017 | 383 |
| 29 | Comparative biology of chronic and aggressive periodontitis vs. peri-implantitis | Periodontology 2000 | 2010 | 371 |
| 30 | Development of the biological concept of guided tissue regeneration ? animal and human studies | Periodontology 2000 | 1993 | 363 |
| 31 | Lasers in nonsurgical periodontal therapy | Periodontology 2000 | 2004 | 359 |
| 32 | Tissue engineering: a new paradigm for periodontal regeneration based on molecular and cell biology | Periodontology 2000 | 2000 | 358 |
| 33 | Global epidemiology of periodontal diseases: an overview | Periodontology 2000 | 2002 | 357 |
| 34 | Periodontitis: a host‐mediated disruption of microbial homeostasis. Unlearning learned concepts | Periodontology 2000 | 2013 | 356 |
| 35 | Causation and pathogenesis of periodontal disease | Periodontology 2000 | 2001 | 350 |
| 36 | Osseointegration of titanium, titanium alloy and zirconia dental implants: current knowledge and open questions | Periodontology 2000 | 2017 | 347 |
| 37 | Biology and principles of periodontal wound healing/regeneration | Periodontology 2000 | 2006 | 342 |
| 38 | The physiology of salivary secretion | Periodontology 2000 | 2016 | 338 |
| 39 | The role of the microbiota in periodontal disease | Periodontology 2000 | 2020 | 330 |
| 40 | Cytokines and prostaglandins in immune homeostasis and tissue destruction in periodontal disease | Periodontology 2000 | 1997 | 322 |
| 41 | Titanium ? the material of choice? | Periodontology 2000 | 1998 | 319 |
| 42 | Role of bacterial proteinases in matrix destruction and modulation of host responses | Periodontology 2000 | 2000 | 318 |
| 43 | Dental plaque biofilms: communities, conflict and control | Periodontology 2000 | 2011 | 310 |
| 44 | Current state of the art of computer‐guided implant surgery | Periodontology 2000 | 2017 | 307 |
| 45 | Horizontal bone augmentation by means of guided bone regeneration | Periodontology 2000 | 2014 | 297 |
| 46 | Basic biology and role of interleukin‐17 in immunity and inflammation | Periodontology 2000 | 2015 | 285 |
| 47 | Dichotomy of gingipains action as virulence factors: from cleaving substrates with the precision of a surgeon’s knife to a meat chopper-like brutal degradation of proteins | Periodontology 2000 | 2010 | 284 |
| 48 | Bone augmentation by means of barrier membranes | Periodontology 2000 | 2003 | 283 |
| 49 | Saliva as a diagnostic tool for periodontal disease: current state and future directions | Periodontology 2000 | 2009 | 282 |
| 50 | Evidence of bacterial etiology: a historical perspective | Periodontology 2000 | 1994 | 276 |
